On Sunday, Oct. 5, members of the University of Rhode Island football team allegedly stormed into the Chi Phi fraternity house and attacked several fraternity members, resulting in several injuries. In a segment with Rhode Island Public Radio, URI President David Dooley “defended the football team†and said, “We are striving to be one community,…
Preparations for emergencies happen long before the situations themselves emerge, and at the University of Rhode Island the Office of Emergency Management is behind the scenes preparing.  . URI is Rhode Island’s first higher education institute to have a dedicated emergency management staff. The office’s three-person staff was established to make sure the university is…
We are all too familiar with the tragic school shootings across the country that have taken the lives of many in recent years. Experts say that the rate of these tragedies stands statistically unchanged since the late 1990s. Over the past few years, the University of Rhode Island has taken steps to make life here…
Those in Narragansett who oppose University of Rhode Island students living “down the line†may be one step closer to further regulating how students rent off campus. On Monday, the Narragansett Town Council is slated to workshop a proposed ordinance that, if passed and enforced, could limit the number of students living off campus…
The University of Rhode Island’s prosecution officer uses her role on the force to help students, both during and after the incidents that lead them to her. Debbie Sheldon has worked as an officer for URI campus police since 1982, and said she has been the prosecution officer for approximately the last 10 years….
The University of Rhode Island women’s soccer team had an unfortunate streak extended this past week when they lost their 10th straight game. Rhode Island now sits with a record of 3-11-1 and remains winless (0-6) in Atlantic 10 Conference play. The Rams suffered two tough losses this past week, a 4-3 overtime loss at…
The Cardiff Brothers, a rap duo from Warwick, Rhode Island, just released their first homemade album which surpassed millionaire artists on the iTunes Top charts in one night. Brothers Jake and John Cardiff always planned for a successful future, but they never imagined to be in the place they are today. Jake explained how three years…
The University of Rhode Island men’s soccer team defeated two Atlantic 10 opponents this past week when it beat Saint Joseph’s University, 2-1, on Wednesday and George Washington University, 1-0, on Saturday for its first conference victories of the season. In Wednesday’s game, the Rams came out hustling in the first half. Freshman Emil Jesman…
Film and English Professor Robert Leuci of the University of Rhode Island passed away Monday, Oct. 12 after complications from surgery. His passing came as a surprise to many of his students, most of whom were unaware of his deteriorating health. This shock has prompted a group of Leuci’s students to create a memorial…
For any college, it is important to create a visually pleasing campus as well as one that functions to help students learn and eventually graduate with degrees of their own. Doing that requires a massive effort from a team of dedicated maintenance workers in order to maintain a large sprawling campus like the University of…